Yea but what I meant was you can order everything the FE has on the base edition except the FE badge. The base does offer more colours so it’s a trade off. Lotus did say they are attempting to keeps costs the same. See interview on YT with driver seeing his car built
I'm pretty sure it is Lotus in Austin, ask me how I know
Nope, no contact from my dealership since August. We also got a big dump of snow in October which is still covering some roads, so who knows when we'll get our first visit from an Emira in the flesh.
Booking in a test drive? You mean setting an appointment when the car is at the dealer? I did that too, keeps the whole damn world from just walking in. I spent a lot of time with the Lotus rep. He mentioned Lotus experience delivery. Similar to the track day you can book in Hethel. Depends on your dealer. If they offered delivery to COTA for 4 hrs I’d jump at that.
I am number 180Lotus of Bellevue has over 200 deposits. Was told they were allocated 40 FE's. I'm #14... Initial deposit on 7/6/21... Order Factory Accepted/Approved in March 2022. Hope I get to enjoy it next Spring-Fall?
put deposit down July 22 ,was told I would get mine end of next year ,its looking bad for mebased on how it's been going and the #s, it seems highly unlikely you would get a car in CY2023. I hope they get into full scale production by next year and you receive but should prepare yourself for a 1HCY24 delivery. At least they should have all the bugs worked out by then :L-)I am number 180
TX dealer said Fall 2023 delivery for round 2 allocations. Those with numbers over 50.
There is No F’n Way that they pause all UK deliveries while they crank out NA units. We’re now late Nov and all the UK “October Delivery” guys are still waiting. I’m betting on first US arrivals trickling in Sep 2023. I don’t see how Lotus ever catches up without a second factory in China.
I dunno, from the things I have been hearing the auto manufacturers are going to be holding pack production for 2023. Inventory supplies are steadily increasing towards 2019 numbers at dealerships, not there yet, but close. This would open up suppliers to be able to service Lotus a little bit better. I can see the second shift going full out come January. If they dedicate the 2nd shift to just North America I think they can hit the production targets that are set. The main issue of supply chain seems to be resolving itself through a recession, which is going on full fledge at the moment and will continue until at least mid 2023. Couple that with more drop out than new depositors and Lotus may be able to hit numbers. By 2024 there will be a couple Emira's for sale at every lotus dealer. My humble opinion.
Guess it means that they aren’t shipping cars in March -April then going on break. Another set of allocations and delivery in the fall. FE badges or not the configuration codes are in. Lotus said the pricing will be consistent
I mentioned in a different thread that like as of 3 weeks ago, US dealers were still being told March deliveries on their weekly calls with Lotus HQ.
Same.
I have no hope of receiving it early next year. I am pretty much set on it being Septemberish. A part of me wants to walk away for a plethora of reasons, but damnit I love the look of this car and can't find anything in the price range that mimics it. I'll take a MC20 but that's 280+ lol so I'm kind of just stuck being a prisoner until they give me my car lol.
I agree it's BS and the communication is beyond abysmal. I think we all know another delay is happening. I mean most of our British friends across the pond are still without a car. I do believe they could provide better timelines but ultimately I'm sure it's to reduce people dropping out. If they tell us it's now Sept delivery people are going to back out in waves but if you wait until March and say Sept, people are much more likely to stay put as the delay seems less. Definitely shitty but it's a simple psychological tactic that plays on human emotion and are inability to wait. I've looked and tried to convince myself to get something else because I'm truly scared of the issues that may arise and how bad it's going to be to secure parts etc in the US, but it's like a bad drug. I am just hooked on wanting an Emira. I wish I liked corvettes but there are so many of them on the road I just can't do it.
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